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Over 20 years ago, Stride was founded to provide personalized learning — powered by technology. We reached students where they were in their own journeys. We knocked down their barriers to great education. And we gave every learner equal opportunity to succeed — however they defined success. Stride innovated the learning experience with online and blended learning that prepared them for their lives ahead.

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: The Chief of Staff, School Development plans and directs all operational activities for the School Development team and reports to the Business Development Executive. As a key member of the leadership team this role will engage in relationships to create new school opportunities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Sounding board and proxy to and for School Development leader, while taking on day-to-day tasks that enable executive to focus on larger strategic organizational initiatives
• Designs and implements key business operations
• Lead projects and initiatives, managing business case, scope, schedule, risks, issues, decisions, interdependencies, and interim milestones
• Lead the improvement of current processes and optimization of procedures for efficiency and productivity
• Drive the effort to pursue competitor contracts for increased School Development opportunities
• Drive organization-wide communications strategy and identify opportunities to increase leadership team effectiveness
• Identify and develop new school and program opportunities, particularly among district public schools and charter schools nationwide
• Ensure cross-functional stakeholders are apprised of existing opportunities and their status through regular school development pipeline calls

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Thirteen (13) years of experience in a leadership or management role or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong strategic planning and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi-office/region teams
• Ability to work independently and juggle priorities to thrive in a fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, while also collaborating as part of a team in complex situations
• Ability to travel 25% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

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  We anticipate the salary range to be $118,000 to $189,000. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.